Ski club hosts Youth Ski League Kombi
VAIL — This past Sunday’s Head Rebel Youth Ski League Kombi event hosted by Ski & Snowboard Club Vail provided tons of fun for alpine racers ranging in age from 8 to 15. Competitors raced down Vail Mountain’s Black Forest, which included a series of small jumps and undulating terrain with multiple stubby slalom and giant slalom gates. The course aimed to promote transitions from short to longer turns to test the young athletes’ balance and tactics on the slopes.
The day’s events also included a Skills Quest Test, a United States Ski and Snowboard Association requirement to test the athletes’ skiing skills outside of the gates. The testing consisted of a straight run into a side-slip, edge set and pole plant.
“Excitement has been building among our athletes throughout the season for this home kombi,” Ski & Snowboard Club Vail’s head youth ski league coach Rika Moore said. “They were well prepared and ready to meet their competition, having worked hard at their freeskiing skills in moguls for short turns as well as in gates.”
Top three results and all Ski & Snowboard Club Vail results are listed below. Athletes are with Ski & Snowboard Club Vail unless otherwise noted.
Girls’ morning race
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1 Taylor Duel, Cloud City
2 Amanda Stevens, Vail Development Team
3 Ava Cavataio VDT
8 Josie Levine
9 Pixie Alfond
14 Penelope Lazar
17 Hadley Reed
19 Layah Foley
33 Alexandra Cleary
39 Eden Demino
45 Gracie Cohn
52 Caroline Lazar
62 Elle Guillot
Girls’ afternoon race
1 Taylor Duel, Cloud City
2 Abby Fennell, Cloud City
3 Amanda Stevens, Vail Development Team
7 Pixie Alfond
12 Josie Levine
20 Layah Foley
21 Penelope Lazar
22 Hadley Reed
39 Alexandra Cleary
42 Gracie Cohn
45 Eden Demino
55 Caroline Lazar
67 Elle Guillot
Boys’ morning race
1 Alexander Viola
2 Jovian Borek
3 Xander Armistead, Vail Development Team
5 Asher Silberman
11 Sean Conlon
13 Ross Bradbury
17 Yakov Foley
19 Garrett Leonard
21 Max Bradbury
24 Walker Hosea
25 Jack Lyons
27 Tommy Bartha
28 Jackson Cohn
30 Oliver Kullberger
35 Ashton Granger
36 Weston Roach
42 Ryder O’Connell
43 Mack Douglas
46 Finn Sullivan
48 Robert Lazar
60 Flynn Sinclair
64 Colby Saunders
Boys’ afternoon race
1 Alexander Viola
2 Xander Armistead, Vail Development Team
3 Jovian Borek
5 Sean Conlon
10 Yakov Foley
14 Ryder O’Connell
20 Walker Hosea
21 Max Bradbury
22 Garrett Leonard
26 Jack Lyons
28 Oliver Kullberger
30 Ashton Granger
36 Mack Douglas
37 Finn Sullivan
37 Jackson Cohn
39 Weston Roach
54 Colby Saunders
57 Robert Lazar
59 Flynn Sinclair
62 Rylan Sinclair